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Title	The Counterfeiters
Creator	Lubin
Description	This sophisticated story film containing at least twenty-seven shots details the investigation of a gang of counterfeiters by U.S. Secret Service agents. In shot 6, the old woman aiding the counterfeiters exits their attic work room then returns with a large box bearing the Lubin trademark, the word 'copyrighted' prominent below it - a brazen joke from a notorious counterfeiter of competitors' wares? The film's second half consists of a jailbreak and chase after one of the crooks clad in convict stripes. The jailbreak scene contains an inserted medium close up of the prisoner using a smuggled saw to cut through the cell door. Though the original title is extant, nitrate decomposition at the tail of the print necessitated a trim. Our version stops just before the escaping crook is recaptured, though the catalog pictures two more scenes: i) the chase continues in rowboats; ii) the fleeing counterfeiter is seized and clubbed by the cops on a city street. The print did include a few salvageable frames of the last scene. (Worland, 1995: http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf51.pdf)
Contributors	Worland, Rick
Original Date	1905
Original Format	35 mm nitrate film
Related Resources	Worland, R. 1995. The Sulphur Springs, Texas early films discovery. Journal of Film Preservation 51: 54-64. http://www.fiafnet.org/pdf/uk/fiaf51.pdf (Note: go to page 56 in the.pdf file)
Item Number	SSM27
Type	Video
Digitization Date	Digitized for web: 2011
Digital Format	TRT 00:06:21.64 ; Archival File: Video: DV-NTSC, 640 x 480; Streaming File: Presented in Vimeo as 480 x 360
Digitization Process	Files were ripped from source DVD to create NTSC .mov master file. Utilized reverse-telecine using standard 2s3w pattern to create a 640x480, 23.98fps, square pixel master file. Uploaded .mp4 derivative to Vimeo.
Web Page	http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/ssm/stream/SSM27_Stream.html
Movie File	ssm27_counterfeiters_up.mp4
SMU File Path	ARCHIVE\ContentDM\Hamon\SSM_SulphurSpringsMovies\SSM_Stream
Related SMU Files	DIGITAL MASTERS: ARCHIVE\ContentDM\ Hamon\SSM_SulphurSpringsMovies\SSM_Masters. PROJECT FILES: PROJECT\Libraries\DigitalCollections\ Hamon\SSM_SulphurSpringsMovies
Digital Collection	Sulphur Springs Collection of Pre-Nickelodeon Films
Part of	Sulphur Springs
Library	Hamon Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	This movie has been determined to be in the public domain. Under this copyright status, it may be freely used. Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, G. William Jones Film and Video Collection as the source of this file. For more information, contact filmarchive@smu.edu.

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